on this day
On this day in 1948 Verdi‘s Otello was the first opera to be telecast from the Metropolitan Opera.
On this day in 1843 Michael Balfe’s The Bohemian Girl premiered in London
On this day in 1938 tenor Jussi Bjoerling made his Met debut as Rodolfo.
On this day in 1903 tenor Enrico Caruso made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Duke of Mantua
On this day in 1967 conductor Herbert von Karajan bows at the Metropolitan Opera in Walküre.